Happy Halloween

Entry, Creative Corner
Jennie Kuhn, University of Illinois

 

Trivia Results

Who was the surgical technician credited with developing the Blalock-Taussig procedure for surgically correcting Tetralogy of Fallot, and what was the name of the dog who was the first long term survivor of the procedure (and credited by the technician with helping to develop this life saving technique)?

Answer: Vivien Thomas, an African-American surgical technician and assistant to Dr. Alfred Blalock developed the procedure, and Anna was the first canine long term survivor!

Vivien Thomas

Congratulations to Nichole Hughes from the University of Florida and Regina Munden from the University of Pennsylvania! They were randomly chosen from the correct trvia answers and will be receiving $20.

TVG Latest Winners!

Hello everyone! Your Gazette Editor here with the latest winners from our last deadline for submissions. We had twenty two schools sending in entries.  Read on below to check out our latest winners and honorable mentions.  Our next deadline for submissions will be in December for those interested.   All of the entries will be posted in the upcoming days so stay tuned...

Cases/Abstracts

Winner: Chelsea Anderson, Cornell

Honorable Mention: Amber Kerk, Purdue

 

Creative Corner

Winners: Elise Madara, Louisiana State

Timothy Batt, Louisiana State

Honorable Mention: Tiffany Beck, Mississipi State

Josh Li, University of Illinois

 

Foot in Mouth Disease

Winner: Alicia Niedzwiedzki, University of Wisconsin

Honorable Mention: Erica Ward, Michigan State

Ellen Haynes, Cornell

 

Life as a Vet Student:

Winner, Question 1: Tiffany Beck, Mississippi State

Winner, Question 2: Julia Drury, Cornell

 

Trivia:

Winners: Nichole Hughes,  University of Florida

Regina Munden,  University of Pennsylvania

 

Experiences:

Winner: Justin Padgett, Auburn

Honorable Mention: Stephanie Halley, Michigan State

Kristen Brett, Oklahoma State

 

Forum:

 

Winner: Shira Rubin, Cornell

Honorable Mention: Randy Bond, Ohio State

Arielle Briette, Cornell

 

Op-Ed Contributor:

Sonia Fang, Western

 

Overall most submissions:

Cornell University

Partners for Healthy Pets Newsletter

Editor's note: SAVMA has recently become an associate member of the Partnership for Preventive Pet Healthcare.  Please read on for their latest newsletter!

Build the importance of preventive healthcare with Partners for Healthy Pets power tools 

People have a special relationship with their pets, and most recognize that visiting a veterinarian enhances that relationship. But you see it every day in practice – pet owners who have been bombarded with incorrect and incomplete information and are confused about what’s best for their pets. So much so that they may not follow your clinical advice, and may not bring their pets to critical preventive care appointments at all. 

 

 

As a profession, we have a great opportunity help pets and pet owners enjoy a longer and healthier life together

 Veterinary professionals work hard to provide the best possible care to pets so that they and their owners can enjoy long and healthy lives together. Partners for Healthy Pets was founded to help you make the preventive healthcare you provide even more powerful. We’ve developed tools and resources – available at no charge - that can help you build better relationships with owners and help them understand the value of preventive healthcare so that more patients can benefit from what you do best. 

 

 

Individual practice involvement is key

The Partners for Healthy Pets Practice Resources Toolbox was conceived to provide the profession with a sound mix of information and materials that collectively elevate the level of preventive care offered across the country.  Each of the tools and resources provide dynamic ways to reinforce a practice-wide focus on preventive pet healthcare.  Used collectively, they can help healthcare teams enhance communications with pet owners about the value of and need for routine care and take preventive pet healthcare to an optimum level within your own individual practice.

 

 

Make the decision to be a voice for vitality...of the veterinary profession, of your practice, and of our nation’s pets!

It’s easier than you might think

• Adopt and widely communicate Preventive Healthcare Guidelines to pet owners through your newsletters, website, and within each preventive care visit.

• Focus on communicating the value and benefit of preventive pet healthcare to pet owners at all points of contact, from receptionist to technician to veterinarian. 

• Use the tools and resources available from Partners for Healthy Pets to help find communication gaps, train staff, and gather new ideas that will compliment current programs and plans.

 

 

Partners for Healthy Pets is dedicated to ensuring that pets received the preventive healthcare they deserve through regular visits to a veterinarian and is committed to working with you to enhance the health of your patients and your practice. Learn more about Partners for Healthy Pets and explore the Resources Toolbox at www.partnersforhealthypets.org.

App Review: The Merck Veterinary Manual

The Merck Veterinary Manual, 10th edition app (iTunes page here)
Cost: $49.99

This is the Merck Veterinary Manual you’ve come to know and love but now in a mobile form.  It is the 10th edition, and is available for both your iPhone and optimized for iPad. The mobile Manual is divided into both “Outline” form (organized by body system), and “Topics” which includes everything from aardvark nutrition to zygomycosis. There is also a search function and favorites list where you can bookmark the sections you reference the most.

 

The different navigation methods make it pretty easy to find what you are looking for. There are pictures, audio, and video included, with over 1,100 color photos.  References sections are linked within each article so you can quickly jump around to the pertinent information you need.

I’ve been using this app on my small animal internal medicine and emergency/critical care rotations and so far it has proven a handy resource to help read up on my cases, since it has a little bit on just about everything.  I especially like the table formats used for everything from pharmaceuticals to poisonous plants, because concise, quick information is important to me.  I’ve been using it in conjunction with a differentials resource like Saunders “Small Animal Medical Differential Diagnosis” to prepare for cases. 

 

If you are interested in checking out what the Manual has to offer before purchasing this app, check out the free online  9th edition here .  The 10th edition lists updated content and 10 new chapters as an advancement upon the previous edition. 

Straight from Merck, here is what you are getting:

• 1,100+ full-color images for enhanced understanding

• Audio and video examples

• Extensive use of tables and charts

• Cross-reference links to related topics

• Diagnosis and treatment of domestic, exotic, and laboratory animals

• Universal Index Search – find topics across all indexes

• ‘Favorites’ for bookmarking important entries

• Optimized iPad interface

The app has a slightly more user friendly navigation and search options than the online version in my opinion, and the “Favorites” feature is nice to tag pages you want to look at later.  Overall, as a student reviewing for the NAVLE and navigating clinical rotations, I think this app is a handy one to have!